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Niche Network. Maybe delivered via regional spot beam would be best. Directv needs the room for the new Lakers and Padres sport networks.

Huh? No RSNs are spot beamed. Why would you think that the Longhorn network would have less interest than the Lakers/Padres? I am expecting the Lakers/Padres to be RSN (sports pack, etc.) but Longhorn, when it comes on board, to be like the Big Ten Network...nationally available in most packages.

Heck, I even put in a zip code for Austin and the site says currently TWC and AT&T have no plans to launch it. Of course this may change closer to when the channel goes live, but if the providers in Austin haven't announced anything, I don't see DirecTV or Dish doing anything yet.

Of the two, I'd say DirecTV would do it over Dish but that's just based on the way Dish has handled sports in the past. I don't see DirecTV putting it anything but the Sports Pack though.

Huh? No RSNs are spot beamed. Why would you think that the Longhorn network would have less interest than the Lakers/Padres? I am expecting the Lakers/Padres to be RSN (sports pack, etc.) but Longhorn, when it comes on board, to be like the Big Ten Network...nationally available in most packages.

I wouldn't go that far. I think in the SW (TX, LA, NM, etc.) that Longhorn Network will be in most programming packages and nationally in the sports pack, much the same way The MTN. is in basic programming packages within their footprint and sports pack nationally.

I wouldn't go that far. I think in the SW (TX, LA, NM, etc.) that Longhorn Network will be in most programming packages and nationally in the sports pack, much the same way The MTN. is in basic programming packages within their footprint and sports pack nationally.

To compare the draw of the Longhorns and the Big 12 to the Mountain West is a bit out of range. More like the Big Ten. I do not see this as an RSN at all. Not with the sway Texas holds and the fact that it will bring games of all sports of the entire conference (which is a bit weaker than it was just a year ago, but still a power conference).

In all honesty, I like the spot beam idea better. Unless the spot beams are exclusively reserved for LiL.

Texas is BIG. It has a spotbeam for the Dallas Area, one for the Houston Area, and one for San Antonio, which also includes - among others - Austin. There is also one pointed to the El Paso/Odessa region, and in the "northern block" of Texas where Amarillo is, it looks like it is covered by the Santa Fe, NM spot beam. None of the 5 spotbeams cover all of texas.

So to distribute this network to ALL of Texas, it will need to be added to 5 spot beams. That just doesn't make sense to me..... and is a waste of 5 spots that could also be used to expand the local stations that now aren't in HD yet, or to provide full locals in HD to areas that do not have them yet.

This is a regional sports network, and belongs with all the other RSN's on a CONUS beam.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

Why are you even conjecturing it would be in SD? I don't understand that.

Well.... OWN was launched in HD, but not picked up in HD by DirecTV. Although we are talking about the Holy Grail in television here (That would be Sports), it is known to happen that brand new television stations are not picked up in HD.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

is it worth it for directv to pick up at that price and outside would it be more or less

They will probably pick it up, and authorize it as a RSN for the regions mentioned above. With so many states, and the sports pack, they will have to do it as a CONUS channel. Whatever the price may be for viewers outside that area, it will be rolled into the price of the sports package. My guess is that the price for that package won't change yet, but might change next year, or the year after.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

This is somewhat different from the normal RSN which is priced alot higher in-market than ouside the market because of blackouts. This channel wont have any blackouts so they may charge the same for everybody but require it to be on Choice in-market and Sports Pack everywhere else.